The recent declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day by President Muhammadu Buhari has been described as incomplete and another token that will only be meaningful with the declaration of the late Chief M. K. O Abiola as president and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces.
This statement was made in reaction to the announcement of June 12 as Democracy Day by the president by the Coalition of Oodua Self-Determination Groups (COSEG) in a statement signed by the chairman of its co-ordinating council, Comrade Ifedayo Ogunlana, decrying past administrations attitude towards June 12 by refusing to accord the day its rightful place in the history of the country.
The COSEG leader said: “Our attention has just be drawn to the declaration of June 12 as the authentic Democracy Day as against May 29 by Mr President, but as we thank him for this laudable step, we also call on him to be more original by taking the much-awaited, realistic and bold step of declaring Chief Abiola the winner of June12, 1993 presidential election which historically will accord him his right posthumously as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.